Catch for belts



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L. OSWALD.

CATCH POB. BELTS.

No. 327,407. Patented Sept. 29, 1885.

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A UNITED STATES PATENT OEEICE.

LOUIS OSXVALD, OF NEWARK, NEV JERSEY.

CATCH FOR BELTS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 327,407, datedSeptember 29, 1885.

Application iilcd April 10, 1885.

To all whom t may concern:

Be it known that I, LOUIS OSWALD, a citizen of the United States,residing at Newark, in the county of Essex and State of New Jersey, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Catches for Belts, Bags,&c.; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, andexact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilledin the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, referencebeing had to the accompanying drawings, and to letters of referencemarked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

The object of this invention is to provide a belt-fastening of reducedcost of construction, and yet adapted to be readily applied to the belt,of adequatestrengtmand oneadapted to be easilyr manipulated.

It consists in the arrangements and combinations of parts, substantiallyas will be hereinafter embodied in the clauses of the claim.

Referring to the accompanying drawings, in which like letters ofreference indicate corresponding parts in ,each of the figures, Figure lis a plan of my improved fastening. Fig. 2 is a section of the sametaken through line x, and Figs. 3, 4, and 5 are detail views of certainparts of the device.

In said drawings, c a indicate the overlapping ends of a belt, to `oneof which is affixed a slotted plate, b, the belt being slotted, as at c,in correspondence with the slots c in the said plate. Said plate b ispreferably secured to the end a of the belt by means of rivets or pinsd.

VTo the opposite end, a, of the belt is fastened a loop or staple, e,preferably by having shoulders or stops f formed near the ends thereof,from which tongues g extend, passing through the belt, said tonguesbeing bent down on the under side of the belt to hold the staple or loopin place.

To prevent the shoulders f from working through the belt material, Iprovide a stayplate, g, which is provided with openings to allow thepassage of the tongues g, said open- (No model.)

ings being narrower than the wider portions of the staple ends toprevent the same from passing through.

rlhe upper portion of the staple is concaved or longitudinally curved,as at l, to-

give stiffness to the staple and provide or present a rounded surface tothe tongue m.

The parts a a are held together by inserting the staple in the slottedplate b, and then, substantially as in the manner shown in the rstfigure, passing a suitable tongue, m, through said staple, said tonguebeing preferably of the same material as the belt, and sewed orotherwise, secured thereto at a little distance from the slot or slotsin the plate b.

The staple may be of wire and be fastened to the belt in any othermanner than that described.

Other changes may be made in the construction of the belt withoutdeparting from the spirit of the invention.

Having thus described the invention, what I claim as new is- 1. Incombination, a slotted belt, a stayplate laid on the outside thereof, aloop having tongues provided with shoulders which engage said stayplate,said tongues passing through said belt and being fastened on the underside to hold the parts together, and a tongue to enter the loop,substantially as set forth.

2. A belt having at one end a series of slots, and a plate fastenedthereonwith a corresponding series of slots, and having fastened at theother end a loop to enter either of the said slots, and a tongue of thesame material as the belt, sewed on the outside thereof, and adapted tobe thrust throughsaid loop to secure the ends of the belt together,substantially as set forth.

3. In combination, the belt having ends a a, one of which is providedwith a tongue, m, and the .other is slotted, a plate, b, correspondinglyslotted, a stay-plate, g', and a loop having tongues g, which passthrough said stay-plate, and are bent down on the under side of saidbelt, and hold said staytogether around the said Waist, substantially 1oplate and loop on said belt, substantially as as set forth. set forth. lIn testimony that I elairn the foregoing I 4. A belt for ladies Waists,having at one l have hereunto set my hand this 28th day of end astay-plate and loop, and at the other l March, 1885. end an openingthrough which the loop may pass, and a tongue secured on the face of thebelt back from the opening, so as to be passed through the loop to holdthe ends of the belt LOUIS OSVVALD.

Witnesses:

CHARLEs H. PELL, OSCAR A. MICHEL.

